14 AUGUST 1926, Page 18

The B.B.C. send us a charming volume which has been

designed partly as a memento of the recent successful Sunday afternoon broadcasts given by distinguished actors and actresses on Shakespeare's Heroines, and partly as a contribution to that excellent cause, the Shakespeare Memorial Fund. There are short prefaces by Miss Lilian Baylis, Sir Frank Benson and Miss Edith Evans ; the text is brief but scholarly, showing real discernment, and the illustrations are by Mr. Charles Ricketts, A.R.A.—to say which is to say the book is a joy to look at. Shakespeare's Heroines costs 2s. 3d. post free from the B.B.C., and the entire profits will go to the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre Fund.